Epic & User Stories
This term refers to a large body of work that can be broken down into smaller user stories.
What is an Epic?
This meeting marks the beginning of a sprint and helps define the work to be done.
What is Sprint Planning?
This role in Scrum acts as a servant-leader and facilitates the Scrum process.
What is the Scrum Master?
This short daily meeting ensures team members are aligned on sprint progress.
What is the Daily Scrum (or Stand-up)?
This term describes exhaustion due to prolonged overwork.
What is burnout?
User stories are typically written in this format:"As a [type of user], I want [some goal] so that [some reason]."
What is the user story format?
The maximum time recommended for sprint planning in a two-week sprint.
What is four hours?
This person represents the customer's interests and maintains the product backlog.
Who is the Product Owner?
This backlog contains items selected for the sprint.
What is the Sprint Backlog?
A "Minimum Viable Product" (MVP) includes just enough features for this purpose.
What is validating an idea with users?
The acceptance criteria in a user story define this.
What are the conditions that must be met for the story to be considered complete?
This meeting takes place at the end of a sprint to inspect what went well and what needs improvement.
What is the Sprint Retrospective?
These are external or internal individuals who have an interest in the product’s success.
Who are stakeholders?
The three standard questions in a Daily Scrum are: "What did you do yesterday?", "What will you do today?", and this third question.
What is ‘Are there any blockers?’ (Flow)
This agile principle encourages teams to maintain a constant pace indefinitely to prevent burnout.
What is sustainable development?
A good user story follows this INVEST principle.
What is Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Small, and Testable?
During sprint planning, teams use this technique to estimate effort for user stories.
What is Planning Poker?
The Scrum Master protects the team from this, which can disrupt productivity.
What is scope creep?
During a sprint, if a new high-priority item emerges, it should be added to this backlog instead of the sprint backlog.
What is the Product Backlog?
The MVP concept was popularized by this methodology.
What is Lean Startup?
This agile framework, similar to Scrum, also uses user stories and epics but follows a continuous delivery model.
What is Kanban?
A sprint retrospective follows this feedback loop model, encouraging teams to reflect and adapt.
What is Inspect and Adapt?
The product owner prioritizes backlog items based on this key factor.
What is business value?
If a story in the sprint backlog is too complex, the team can do this to make it manageable.
What is breaking it down into smaller tasks?
To validate an MVP, teams often use this technique to quickly gather customer feedback before full development.
What is A/B testing (or user testing)?